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This report presents the results of a
highly simplified profiling exercise to demonstrate the
initial steps of profiling and draw some initial conclusions
on the types of clients that might be covered by activation
policies in Turkey, and the extent of their socio-economic
vulnerability as well as labor market employability. A key
conclusion is that policy makers will need to decide whether
to put the emphasis on the former or on the latter so that
the dual objectives of protecting the vulnerable and helping
them move out of transfer dependence are achieved. The
initial profiling exercise shows that several large
subgroups of the vulnerable comprise inactive females, often
with limited or outdated skills. A priority might be to
rethink the offer of public services involved in up-skilling
the workforce, such as lifelong learning, in order to
mobilize the largest identified segments. This Executive
Summary reflects on four connected background papers. A
conceptual framework first defines vulnerability and
activation policies. A second background paper takes stock
of the progress of activation policies in Turkey to date. A
third background paper profiles the large and diverse group
of vulnerable people in Turkey into units of higher or lower
priority, while the final background paper examines how the
capacity and skills of the vulnerable, especially those in
the high priority units, can be built.